Zone Scoring

Settings that will adjust the weights and easing functions of different placement preferences.

Component Name

Settings

The easing function for each placement preference will be linear by default. As an example, if the far_from_district_start placement preference is used, the farthest zone from the district start position will be assigned a score of 1 and the closest zone will be assigned a score of 0. With the easing set to “linear”, the zone halfway between the two will receive a score of 0.5. If instead set the easing function to “ease_in_cubic”, the score assigned will be much lower since the easing is more gradual before quickly ramping up (see for options and examples).

The weight for each placement preference is 1.0 by default. Placement preferences usually each add a score between 0 and 1 to a zone being scored. The weight will be multiplied with that initial score. As an example, if the random placement preference and the close to district start placement preference is used, but we wanted the random placement preference to have less influence on the zones prioritized for placement, we could give the random_weight a lower value than the close_to_weight.

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